Richland County
Temperature Summary (1954-2006)
Highest Maximum: 109 F, June 29, 1998
Lowest Minimum: -5 F, January 16, 1994
Annual Average:
Maximum 74.7 F
Mean 62.3 F
Minimum 51.0 F
Precipitation Summary (1954-2006)
Highest Daily Rainfall: 7.30 Inches, July 9, 1959
Annual Average Rainfall: 47.69 Inches
Wettest Year: 74.49 Inches, 1959
Driest Year: 32.47 Inches, 2001
Mean Snowfall: 1.0 Inches
Largest Snowfall: 8.0 Inches, 1958
Extreme Events (*Data through August 2006)
32 Tornadoes (1950-2006)
Total cost from all the tornadoes $12.458 million
20 Injuries from all the tornadoes
1 death from all the tornadoes
239 Wind Events (thunderstorm winds exceeding 60 miles per hour)
88 Hail Events (1955-2006)
Total cost= $22,000
10 Lightning Events (1993-2006)
3 Lightning-related Injuries
0 Death from Lightning
Total cost= $2.930M
Following data from 1993-2006
15 Total Floods
12 Flash Floods
2 River Floods
1 Coastal Floods
6 Ice, Sleet or Snow Events
17 Extreme Cold Events
186 Months in Moderate to extreme according to Palmer Drought Severity Index computed by Regional Drought Monitor
